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A Discussion on the Decision Support Systems (JCIDS, DAS, PPBE) with Todd Napier02 May 202600:55:32

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Theater Logistics and Sustaining the Force with BG (R) Mike Siegl28 Apr 202600:49:08

As discussed on the podcast episode -


Seven Imperatives for DoD Contested Logistics:


Readiness is defined not by the force we have, but by the force we can sustain. Winning in contested environments requires a new strategic paradigm by integrating the DoD, the private sector, and our allies more closely. Here are seven interconnected imperatives to action:


1. Engineer a Dynamic & Deceptive Network. Move beyond predictable, linear supply chains to a multi-modal, nonlinear mesh of distribution options. This creates ambiguity, complicates adversary targeting, and ensures multiple pathways to the point of need.


2. Redefine the Strategic Reserve through Forward Posture. The "just-in-time" model is broken. We must adopt a "just-in-case" posture by intelligently distributing critical stocks forward, ashore, and afloat. This reduces reliance on vulnerable trans-oceanic lift and accelerates response time from weeks and days to hours and minutes.


3. Operationalize Alliances as a Logistics Force Multiplier. Our allies are a strategic advantage and must be a cornerstone of our sustainment architecture. This means moving beyond transactional agreements to true integrated coalition sustainment. We must lock in access, harmonize standards, and develop shared regional depots, making federated logistics a tangible reality before a crisis begins. The Regional Sustainment Framework (RSF) works to create that ecosystem.


4. Master Survivability. Our logistics footprint is vulnerable to ubiquitous surveillance and long-range precision fires. We must prioritize survival through hardening, dispersal, concealment, and deception to protect our sustainment assets.


5. Design for Rapid Recovery and Continuity. Assume disruption will occur. Plan for rapid regeneration of combat power by pre-staging repair kits, identifying alternate supply and distribution nodes, and ensuring redundant command and control. Our ability to recover from an attack faster than the adversary can execute their next move is critical to deterrence.


6. Unleash Technology as an Offset. Innovation is key to compressing the supply chain. To create a decisive advantage, we must aggressively field technologies like autonomous resupply capabilities, predictive analytics to anticipate demand and optimize distribution, and advanced manufacturing to develop critical parts at the tactical edge, transforming our physical supply chain into a secure digital thread.


7. Drive Policy & Organizational Reform. Our greatest adversary is often our own bureaucracy. We cannot win a 21st-century logistics fight with 20th-century policies. We must align authorities, funding, and contracting with wartime realities, empowering cross-service support and building a culture that rewards agility and calculated risk-taking.


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A Discussion on the Business of Defense with Wesley Sparks, Ajax Defense08 Mar 202600:44:27

Get a copy of his book here:


https://www.amazon.com/dp/1963701771?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_F4TK9V852NSRWE47V31D&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_F4TK9V852NSRWE47V31D&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_F4TK9V852NSRWE47V31D&bestFormat=true

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Adaptation and Rapid Technological Change with COL Neil Hollenbeck02 Mar 202600:43:30

For access to the discussed articles, please check it out here:

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/journals/military-review/online-exclusive/2025-ole/drone-development/

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The Theater Army and Campaigning with COL Chad Pillai16 Feb 202600:56:46

For additional information - I recommend reading this article:


https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/return-theater-army-guide-new-planners-chad-pillai-a1zae/

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The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program with Amanda Bresler16 Feb 202600:40:33

For access to the article discussed in this podcast episode, please see below:


https://warontherocks.com/2025/12/decades-of-lost-potential-in-defense-research-and-development/


For additional information involving the SBIR program, please see below:


2018 Naval Postgraduate Paper- Bridging the Gap: Improving DoD-Backed Innovation Programs to Enhance the Adoption of Innovative Technology Throughout the Armed Services 

 

2020 Naval Postgraduate Paper- The Effect of Defense-Sponsored Innovation Programs on the Military's Industrial Base  

 

2021 Naval Postgraduate Paper- Why Marketing Matters: Strengthening the Defense Supplier Base Through Better Communication with Industry

 

2022 Naval Postgraduate Paper- Analyzing the Composition of the Department of Defense Small Business Industrial Base

 

2023 Paper: Assessing the Effectiveness of Defense-Sponsored Innovation Programs as a Means of Accelerating the Adoption of Innovation Force Wide

 

2024 Paper: Assessing the Impact of DoD-Funded Assistance Projects on the Availability of New Warfighting Capabilities

 

2025 Naval Postgraduate Paper- Assessing the Impact of Department of Defense Weapons Systems on the Defense Industrial Base

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Forging America's 21st Century Defense Industrial Base with COL Eric McCoy, AMC12 Feb 202600:42:40

For access to the article: https://www.army.mil/article/288967/forging_americas_21st_century_defense_industrial_base_applying_lessons_from_the_arsenal_of_democracy_to_modern_great_power_competition


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Space and Missile Defense with LTG (R) Dan Karbler24 Jan 202600:51:24

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International Affairs with Dilpreet Sidhu, Deputy Mayor of International Affairs for the City of LA23 Jan 202600:54:30

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Ready For War - The DIB and Mobilization with Professor Doug Orsi, Army War College14 Jan 202600:36:39

Link to the article by Professor Orsi -


https://cimsec.org/ready-for-war-a-way-forward-for-industrial-preparedness/



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How the Army Runs with Professor Louis Yuengert and Professor Bob Bradford, Army War College21 Nov 202501:02:08

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Accelerating Battlefield Technology with Peter Newell, BMNT20 Nov 202500:55:04

For access to Peter's publication:


+ https://uncommonleadership.substack.com/p/the-pentagon-finally-killed-its-bureaucratic


+ https://uncommonleadership.substack.com/p/why-the-speed-and-forged-acts-alone

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The Changing Character of War, Leadership, and Doctrine with LTG (R) Beagle19 Nov 202500:34:53

LTG (R) Beagle is the author of the recent publication - When the Map Runs Out: Values, Judgement, and Clarity in Uncertain Times


Order a copy today:

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Ghost in the Machine with Michael Ferguson22 Oct 202500:39:28
For access to the article: https://tnsr.org/2025/03/ghost-in-the-machine-coming-to-terms-with-the-human-core-of-unmanned-war/

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Global Force Management and EXORDs with Krista Auchenbach19 Oct 202500:47:49
For access to the report: https://www.csis.org/analysis/ode-exord-why-execute-orders-should-matter-more-they-do

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Rethinking the Threat with Dan Grazier, The Stimson Center18 Oct 202500:48:35
For access to the report: https://www.stimson.org/2025/rethinking-the-threat-why-china-is-unlikely-to-invade-taiwan/

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Contested Logistics and Transformation with BG Ronnie Anderson, Director, Contested Logistics Cross-Functional Team30 Sep 202500:52:50

For more information - I recommend the following podcast episodes:


+ https://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/SSI-Media/Recent-Publications/Article/4297758/logistics-and-readiness/


+ https://shows.acast.com/squaring-the-circle/episodes/discussion-on-leadership-sustainment-and-current-conflicts-w



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Global Force Management with BG Jose D. Rivera05 Sep 202500:54:29

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Goldwater-Nichols and Combatant Command Reform with Dr. Richard Andres, NDU03 Sep 202500:43:09

For more information:


+ https://www.mitchellaerospacepower.org/a-call-for-a-new-nsc-68-and-goldwater-nichols-reform/


+ https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/a-call-for-a-new-nsc-68-and-goldwater-nichols-reform/

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Professionals Talk Logistics with Steve Leonard24 Aug 202501:02:37

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Why America can't retrench with Dr. Peter Harris, Colorado State University 26 Jul 202500:46:37

For more information:


+ https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/people/harrisp/


+ https://www.amazon.com/Why-America-Cant-Retrench-Might/dp/1509562095


+ https://www.cato.org/multimedia/power-problems/why-cant-america-retrench

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Software Acquisitions with Lauren Dailey26 Jul 202500:31:42

For quicker access to the article discussed in this episode -


https://warontherocks.com/2025/04/the-special-sauce-how-hegseths-software-memo-can-start-a-revolution/

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The Army's Pivot to the Pacific with Dr. Jennifer Kavanagh18 Jul 202500:40:10

For more information and a link to the article, please see below:


+ https://responsiblestatecraft.org/hegseth-army/


+ https://www.defensepriorities.org/people/jennifer-kavanagh/

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AI, Autonomous Weapon Systems, and the Future of Warfare with Dr. Michael C. Horowitz, University of Pennsylvania12 Jul 202500:44:32

For more information:


+ https://warontherocks.com/author/michael-horowitz/


+ https://warontherocks.com/2025/05/autonomous-weapon-systems-no-human-in-the-loop-required-and-other-myths-dispelled/

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China and winning fast with MG (R) Brad Gericke08 Jul 202501:08:49

For more information:


https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/bradley-t-gericke/

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Nuclear Deterrence and Modernization with Geoff Wilson, Stimson Center19 Jun 202500:54:03

For more information:


+ https://www.stimson.org/ppl/geoff-wilson/

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Golden Dome, Budget Request, and Defense Policy with Todd Harrison, AEI08 Jun 202500:55:40

For more information and published work - please see below link:


https://www.aei.org/profile/todd-harrison/


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Modeling, wargaming and the nexus to Force Management with Dr. Steven Stoddard, Director, CAA31 May 202500:52:50

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JCIDS & PPBE with Dr. William Greenwalt, AEI28 May 202500:46:50

For access to the report and more information:


+ https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-pentagons-joint-requirements-process-must-go/

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Equipping the Force with Ms. Melanie Butler, HQDA G812 May 202501:27:27

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Maritime Domain and Sea Power with Dr. Salvatore Mercogliano10 May 202500:56:01

For more - subscribe to Dr. Mercogliano's YouTube Channel:


https://www.youtube.com/@wgowshipping

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CAPE, Sequestration, and Software-Defined Warfare with the Hon. Christine Fox15 Apr 202500:57:12

For more on Software-Defined Warfare:


+ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/scowcroft-center-for-strategy-and-security/forward-defense/commission-on-software-defined-warfare/


+ https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/2025/03/28/americas-arsenal-of-democracy-needs-a-software-renaissance/

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A Discussion on RCCTO and Army Modernization with COL Loren Todd11 Apr 202500:45:23

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Acquisition Reform, PPBE, and Transformation with Matt MacGregor07 Apr 202501:04:46

As discussed in the podcast episode - link to the substack:


+ https://defenseacquisition.substack.com/

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Directed Energy Weapon Systems and Electronic Warfare with Dr. Matt Markel, Chief Technology Officer, Epirus20 Mar 202500:48:11

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Squaring the Circle Webinar - Theories of War and Warfare with Amos Fox16 Mar 202501:07:57

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The Defense Industrial Base with M. Thomas Davis01 Mar 202501:08:47

For more on Tom Davis:

+ https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2023/12/13/the_us_defense_industrial_base_998595.html


To register for the next webinar:

+https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YRRJVMF

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Defense Industry, Wargaming, and National Security with Mark Cancian, CSIS26 Feb 202501:00:16

For more on Mark Cancian, please see below link:


+ https://www.csis.org/people/mark-f-cancian


To register for the next webinar with Amos Fox, please see the surveymonkey link:


+ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YRRJVMF

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National Preparedness and Military Readiness with Tom Galvin, Army War College26 Feb 202500:53:21

For more information -


+ https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/Preparedness-Primer-1st-Ed-Jul-24.pdf


To register for the March 13 webinar - please click on surveymonkey


+ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YRRJVMF

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The Middle East and National Security with Daniel Mouton, Atlantic Council17 Feb 202501:10:50

For more information:


+ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/daniel-e-mouton/


To register for the next webinar:


+ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YRRJVMF

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AI and Future Warfare with Emmy Probasco, CSET10 Feb 202500:53:18

For more information:


+ https://cset.georgetown.edu/article/mwi-podcast-the-maven-smart-system-and-the-future-of-military-ai/


+ https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/building-the-tech-coalition/


+ https://cset.georgetown.edu/staff/emelia-probasco/


To register for the webinar with Amos Fox:


+ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YRRJVMF

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Discussion on the Iraq War Study, Security Force Assistance and Force Management with Frank Sobchak19 Jan 202501:58:09

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Squaring the Circle Webinar - Space Warfare and Enabling the Terrestrial Battlefield17 Jan 202501:01:45

The link to the video is here: https://youtu.be/-LNcgJZTv4I


The next webinar is TBD - hopefully in March or April

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Discussion on Leadership, Sustainment, and Current Conflicts with BG Ronnie D. Anderson19 Dec 202401:17:58

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Special Holiday Message - FREE LIVE EVENT16 Dec 202400:01:35

To sign up, please use this link:


https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6GPQ7Q2


Link to the Summer episode with Paul Szymanski:


https://shows.acast.com/squaring-the-circle/episodes/space-warfare-and-enabling-the-terrestrial-battlefield-with-



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Drones are the New Machine Gun of the 21st Century with COL (R) John Antal16 Dec 202401:22:49

For more information on John Antal and his work:


+ https://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/497-the-dictators-dream-a-conversation-with-col-john-antal-usa-ret/


+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoktqS7aWgo


+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSKRH_UqSko

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Discussion on FM, Leadership and the Changing Character of War with GEN (R) Funk07 Dec 202400:39:21

For a copy of the Funk Fundamentals - please access here: https://www.jble.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2002253447/


Please feel free to reach out via: bigelow.matthew.ryan@gmail.com

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All Things Defense Industry with Madeline Zimmerman20 Nov 202400:52:38
For more information - I highly recommend subscribing to the substack: First Breakfast - found at : https://www.firstbreakfast.com/

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Force Management and Materiel Solutions with COL (R) Scott Gallaway12 Nov 202401:00:55

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The All-Volunteer Force and Mobilization with Katherine Kuzminski, CNAS12 Nov 202400:49:19

For more information:


https://www.cnas.org/people/katherine-kuzminski



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